Meet Luna
Luna loves curling, Girl Guides and making everyone in the room laugh with her sass! Since being born with a rare congenital lung defect and having major surgery at six months old, Luna has been provided with the best possible care thanks to her Stollery team.
Luna’s family noticed some issues right from her birth, but it wasn’t until she was four months old and got her first cold that they received a diagnosis. Her family is so thankful they lived such a short drive away from the Stollery as a nurse took one look at her and took her straight back to resuscitation. They then received the diagnosis of congenital lobar emphysema, a rare lung malformation.Â
Luna has had major surgeries like the removal of a lung, a gastrostomy to insert a G tube and many other procedures like bronchoscopy. Â
Today, Luna still uses a G tube and is followed closely by her Stollery team – and her family still thinks of the Stollery as ‘Luna’s Hospital’.
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